The Ligue 2 standings tell a tale about these contenders so far, with Toulouse in front of Nancy by 23 points. Here's our preview:
- Toulouse have the most scored goals (41) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the most conceded goals (34) in Ligue 2
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nancy, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Toulouse form and stats
Toulouse have collected 19 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-4-1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Toulouse drew their last game, also a home match. Pau (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. den Boomen (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.82/10. Boomen scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 75 successful passes (of 86 total).
Before that match, a Coupe de France win away at Cannes.Toulouse are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost zero.
The manager Montanier will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bastia in only three days.
The Toulouse manager Montanier has got the team scoring with 24 from 10 home games in the league. On the other hand, Toulouse have conceded 11 goals.
Nancy form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nancy so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Nancy are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Nancy are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 2 against Bastia (placed 14th). Defender Basila was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Basila scored one goal and won 5 of 11 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Rennes (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nancy manager Cartier as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Valenciennes.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nancy as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Nancy have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result Nancy - Toulouse 0-4 registered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: eight wins for Toulouse, two draws and zero wins for Nancy. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Healey 13 goals |  B. van den Boomen 5 goals |  A. Onaiwu 5 goals |
Toulouse missing players
Nancy missing players
| Toulouse | Nancy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 41 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 75% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 60% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 60% |
| 40% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 7.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11.8 | 12.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 42% | 51% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 7.5 | 7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
- Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the most conceded goals (34) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Toulouse have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Toulouse have scored more than double the goals of Nancy.
- Toulouse have the most scored goals (24) at home in Ligue 2
- Toulouse have the most scored goals (41) in Ligue 2
- Toulouse have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Ligue 2
- Toulouse have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Ligue 2
- Toulouse have the the best goal difference (+22) in Ligue 2
- Toulouse have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Toulouse haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sochaux | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Paris | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Niort | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Pau | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Rodez | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Nimes | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Dijon | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Bastia | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Caen | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 22 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 20 | Nancy | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -18 | 15 |
